(CNSNews.com)  President Barack Obama claimed that coal could create "the kinds of air pollution" that is "creating asthma for kids," in speaking at a town hall event in Annandale, Va., on Tuesday. However, the National Institutes of Health says that the exact cause of asthma isnt known and that asthma is different for each person.

The challenge with coal is that although its very cheap, its also dirty. And it can create the kinds of air pollution that not only is contributing to climate change but is also creating asthma for kids nearby, Obama said in answer to a question about balancing deficit reduction with government spending on clean energy.

You got asthma? Okay. And so sucking that stuff in is not ideal, said Obama. So what weve said is, lets invest in clean coal technology that potentially can capture some of these particulates and some of the carbon dioxide thats going into the atmosphere.

Asthma, however, is not caused by coal, or the emissions from coal-fired power plants, as the president suggested. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the true cause of asthma is unknown, although scientists believe it is caused by a confluence of genetic and environmental factors or early viral infections.

The exact cause of asthma isn't known. Researchers think some genetic and environmental factors interact to cause asthma, most often early in life, the NIH states on its Web site.

These factors include: An inherited tendency to develop allergies, called atopy (AT-o-pe); parents who have asthma; certain respiratory infections during childhood; contact with some airborne allergens or exposure to some viral infections in infancy or in early childhood when the immune system is developing, states the NIH.

The NIH did say that respiratory irritants, such as air pollution, can trigger an asthma attack, but not that air pollution causes the disease. The NIH also noted that not all asthma sufferers are affected by the same triggers, meaning that, for some, air pollution may have no effect at all.

Triggers may include Irritants such as cigarette smoke, air pollution, chemicals or dust in the workplace, compounds in home décor products, and sprays (such as hairspray), the NIH said.

Asthma is different for each person. Some of the triggers listed above may not affect you, stated the NIH.

Obama made his remarks at a town hall discussion -- "Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity" -- at the Annandale, Va., campus of the Northern Virginia Community College.

Obama lying is nothing new. Any honest observer is well aware that the air is cleaner now than at any time since the beginning of the twentieth century, at least. Including coal, which used to be a huge urban pollutant-- millions of asthma-free families used it to heat their houses until into the 1960's-- and now simply is not. Obama lies.

Did he really say that “sucking that stuff in is not ideal”? The brilliant articulate Ivy League educated constitutional scholar, said that if you have asthma, that sucking that stuff in is not ideal??????

The brilliant articulate scholar of a president had such a poor choice of words in this case, didn’t he?????

President Barack Obama claimed that coal could create “the kinds of air pollution” that is “creating asthma for kids,” in speaking at a town hall event in Annandale, Va., on Tuesday. However, the National Institutes of Health says that the exact cause of asthma isnt known and that asthma is different for each person.

The challenge with coal is that although its very cheap, its also dirty. And it can create the kinds of air pollution that not only is contributing to climate change (ALL THE BS DETECTORS ARE GOING OFF AND ITS DEAFENING-TIME TO BURY THE DEAD AGW HORSE) but is also creating asthma for kids nearby(ALTHOUGH HE JUST SAID, the exact cause of asthma isnt known) Obama said in answer to a question about balancing deficit reduction with government spending on clean energy.
You got asthma? Okay. And so sucking that stuff in is not ideal, said Obama. So what weve said is, lets invest in clean coal technology that potentially can capture some of these particulates and some of the carbon dioxide thats going into the atmosphere (MOOT POINT-CO2 IS NOT HARMFUL).

Obama wrong three times in 3 paragraphs. Wow. Spectacularly inept, uninformed, lacking common sense, and ignorant all in one person. The surprising thing is that half of the voters voted for him!

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posted on 04/19/2011 3:05:44 PM PDT
by PATRIOT1876
(The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)

I have a number of inlaws who are coal miners in western states and to them and all coal miners who with or without their union voted for obama I say THANKS a lot for f***ing yourselves, the rest of us, the Constitution and and our country. He only wanted you for your votes.

FUBO & FAD

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posted on 04/19/2011 3:09:44 PM PDT
by RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)

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